Reading Her Tale of Shim Chong

Chapter 18

1. 17. The proof of devotion 2. "Ma'am..." 3. I wonder if she's okay... 4. "So you were with that woman this whole time." 5. "Monk nim...!" 6. "Yes... I... Had to help her take care of minister's sickness..." 7. "I've told you not to associate yourself with that woman." 8. "B-but she's suffering through so much." 9. "I'm worried that she'll collapse at that rate and..." 10. "As if you're someone that should be worrying about others." 11. "Huh...?"

1. "Those are all sins that she herself has to carry." 2. "You should leave them to pay for their own sins." 3. "... That's strange..." 4. "What?" 5. "If it's as monk nim says, then..." 6. "Even if my father is blind and my house collapses," 7. "Since it is all my sins, I have to take care of them all by myself?" 8. "Because of ma'am's help, I was able to..." 9. "It's not, cheong ah." 10. "You're different than those kinds of women." 11. "You're a girl that doesn't know how to make yourself beautiful." 12. "?? What does that have to do with this?" 13. "... Goodness," 14. "Talking back to me, huh. You already got bad influence from her."

1. "Monk nim...?" 2. "!!" 3. "You're like this because you associated with that woman." 4. "Look at her properly!" 5. "Even when her husband is in pain, she's wearing beautiful clothes and have make up...!" 6. "Because she's showing off such vanity that she cannot repent for her sins!" 7. "Then what do you want her to do?" 8. "Should ma'am should come here looking like a beggar as well?" 9. "What did you say?" 10. "How dare you talk ba...!!" 11. "I will be going back for today." 12. "Ma'am..." 13. "As the palanquin is waiting for me below," 14. "I feel that I have to hurry down there before it gets dark." 15. Did ma'am hear everything we said? 16. Why did monk nim say that anyways... 17. To think that a very moral person like monk nim would talk like that... 18. Is ma'am really such a bad person? 19. "Cheong ah." 20. "How long can you stay with me for today?" 21. "Could you stay with me a bit longer?" 22. "I will stay as long as ma'am wants me to." 23. In anycase, doesn't matter, whether it's right or wrong 24. A beggar doesn't really argue about that anyways.